New Deal Law and Order and the Modern Liberal State
Mike talks with historian Anthony Gregory about his latest book, [*New Deal Law and Order: How The War on Crime Built The Modern Liberal State.
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Show Notes
Mike talks with historian Anthony Gregory, author of multiple publications on national security, constitutionalism, and legal theory. His latest book is New Deal Law and Order: How The War on Crime Built The Modern Liberal State.
Topics Mike & Anthony Discuss Include:
- the origin of the “war on crime”
- how the war on crime paved the way for the modern liberal state
- FDR’s “creative constitutionalism”
- J. Edgar Hoover and the creation of the modern FBI
- the war on crime and the Civil Rights Movement
- consequences of New Deal law & order
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